Our Puddle Duck Day Care rooms cater for children from 3 months of age up until 30 months. 

Our infant community provides two beautifully spacious rooms which were built in 2016 – the ‘Wrens’ and ‘Cygnets’ which share their own outdoor area, providing a separate area in which our youngest children can flourish and develop. 

Our babies and toddlers enjoy a rich variety of opportunities to learn through play, providing preparation for the transition to our nursery group when they are between 24 Months and 30 months.

Children who have joined us in the Infant community automatically transfer into our Duckling and then Gosling groups. When children transfer from the I.C. to our nursery school rooms it is always a gradual process. Children initially visit their new group for short periods of time with a key person to enable them to gain confidence and become familiar with their new surroundings.  A key person from the I.C. will transfer permanently with the children to ensure continuity of care and to support their wellbeing. 

Transfer to the main nursery groups will enable your child to continue with, and further their Montessori based education, which they will have started to enjoy whilst spending time in our infant community.

Babies and Toddlers who still enjoy milk should be provided with provisions, either bottled or frozen breast milk, ready mixed formula or milk powder ready for staff to prepare.

If any parents work near enough to allow them to do so, they will be welcome to return to Puddle Duck during the day to feed their little one either in the comfort of the quiet room, office or wherever they feel most comfortable.